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Bodo/Glimt’s fairytale run comes to crashing halt
Bodo/Glimt’s dream run in this season’s Champions League may be over, but they bow out with their heads held high after making history.
WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2026, 01:13

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Bodo/Glimt’s dream run in this season’s Champions League may be over, but they bow out with their heads held high after making history.

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Africa has new champions in Morocco after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) found Senegal to have violated the rules.

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Morocco declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after Confederation of African Football overturns the result of their final defeat to Senegal.

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Morocco declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after Confederation of African Football overturns the result of their final defeat to Senegal.

South Africa
Apartheid Israel remains in contempt of the court.

South Africa
Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba has praised the team of surgeons who performed the operation.

South Africa
Farmers say the return of heavy rains in some parts of Limpopo is threatening crops.

South Africa
The municipality is battling refuse removal, potholes, and deteriorating infrastructure.

World
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: “I don’t think President Trump … understood what he was getting into.”

World
President Trump says NATO is making “a very foolish mistake” after countries decline to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

World
Israel says it has killed two top Iranian leaders in airstrikes. One killed was the head of the National Security Council, a hardliner who had been a negotiator on Iranian nuclear talks.

World
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of hitting a hospital in an airstrike that killed hundreds and wounded hundreds more. Pakistan claims its target was a military installation

Africa
Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old ex-diplomat, is accused of involvement in the assassination of the independence hero.

Africa
These reports harm attempts to close the wide gender representation gap in Zambia, activists say.

Africa
Multiple blasts struck some of the Maiduguri’s busiest locations on Monday evening.

Africa
Some 50,000 people are told to flee their homes as the army warns of a huge military offensive in Jonglei state.
Business
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Business
Shoprite has announced its planned acquisition of a majority stake in R&A Cellular to capture a greater share of spending in townships and other underserved areas.
Business

Politics
The Presidency missed its own deadline to submit the answers on Monday.

Politics
He has returned to the Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town after appearing last year in October.

Politics
Mbalula says they will continue to work with the South African Communist Party even after elections.

Politics
Masemola says he has no contact whatsoever with Cele currently.

Sport
Senegal have lost their AFCON crown after CAF ruled they forfeited the final by walking off before full-time, declaring Morocco as the champions.

Sport
Scottish middle-distance runner Jemma Reekie says she feels “no pressure” before this week’s World Indoor Championships and reveals she is hoping to compete in two events at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Sport
Mamelodi Sundowns returned to the top of the Betway Premiership table with a 3-1 win over Marumo Gallants at Loftus Versfeld.

Sport
Bayern Munich may hand 16-year-old goalkeeper Leonard Prescott his first-team debut in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Education
[Nile Post] Pearl Bank has donated water tanks and assorted food items to Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) in celebration of Ramadan and Women’s month season that are key highlights during this season.
Education
[Nile Post] At least 91 pupils from three primary schools in Ibanda District have been directed to repeat Primary Seven and resit the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) after their results were cancelled by the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) due to examination malpractice.
Education
[Nile Post] Young Ugandans have been urged to embrace education, learn new languages, and seize international opportunities.
Education
[Ghanaian Times] His Royal Majesty Ohempon Dr. Yeboah Asiamah, Paramount Chief of Atebubu and President of the Atebubu Traditional Council, on Wednesday paid a high-level courtesy call on the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Mr. Paul Adjei, to seek support for critical educational infrastructure in the Atebubu Traditional Area.

Lifestyle
Adding to his collection: Andile Mpisane – the son of MaMkhize – showed off his rare, Louis Vuitton designer jacket on his 25th birthday…

Lifestyle
Black Coffee celebrated his 50th birthday with not one, but THREE luxury parties. Take a look inside the opulent occasion…

Lifestyle
Black Coffee’s girlfriend Victoria Gonzalez has ‘confessed’ to meeting the DJ before he announced his separation to his ex-wife, Enhle…

Lifestyle
Mel and Peet Viljoen have swapped their luxury life in SA for ICE detention centres featuring ‘cages’, bug infestations and a lack of food.

Entertainment
An own goal from Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya and two second-half strikes by Teboho Mokoena proved enough to seal the win.

Entertainment
Deep emotional ties to land continue to complicate efforts to relocate vulnerable communities.

Entertainment
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Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories this Tuesday, 17 March 2026, in our simple daily news update.

Science/Tech
Meta’s flailing virtual reality social experience is being discontinued in June. It’s part of Meta’s broader moves to slim down the business that became its namesake.
Science/Tech
Residents in rural Ohio are pushing a constitutional amendment to ban large data centers over 25 megawatts, citing concerns about energy use, water consumption, and lack of transparency around proposed projects. “My biggest concern is because I love Adams County,” Nikki Gerber told Cleveland.com. “What it feels like they are doing is just taking advantage of the unzoned rural areas of Ohio,...
Science/Tech
Kyle Orland writes via Ars Technica: Since deep-learning super-sampling (DLSS) launched on 2018’s RTX 2080 cards, gamers have been generally bullish on the technology as a way to effectively use machine-learning upscaling techniques to increase resolutions or juice frame rates in games. With yesterday’s tease of the upcoming DLSS 5, though, Nvidia has crossed a line from mere upscaling into...
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Science/Tech
After the rise (and fall) of reservation scalping, DoorDash and a host of apps are fighting to book you a seat at the country’s most exclusive restaurants.

Motoring
There are important regulations to be aware of if you plan on buying large amounts of fuel before next month’s price hikes.

Motoring
The National Consumer Commission recalled over 100 units of Lexus’ most expensive SUV.

Motoring
The war in the Middle East has driven up jet fuel prices, forcing local airlines to raise ticket prices.
Motoring
Health
Lawyers for both sides in the federal lawsuit, brought by six medical organizations, are trying to understand the ramifications of the judge’s decision.
Health
Adolescents said they were more likely to share photos with a dating partner, or when they had been worn down with repeated requests.
Health
Two people have died in an outbreak of meningococcal disease. Many cases were traced to a nightclub in Canterbury that is popular with students at the University of Kent.

Health
Kennedy had slashed the number of recommended vaccines from 17 to 11, sparking a backlash from health experts.